Had a kid in my group at day camp who was supposedly allergic to purple, so no purple grapes, or purple popsicles/otter pops, or grape juice and other purple things. I don't think I ever saw him wear purple either, although i don't think many boys at age 5 wear purple anyways.

In his case maybe his mom was crayzee...or he had an actual allergy to whatever makes things purple

Red/Green colorblindness is by far the more common, and it's usually sex-linked, and almost never occurs in women. There is a much rarer blue/yellow version, and that seems to be at least as if not more common in women than men, though still rarer than red/green.

I went out with a guy who was red/green colorblind. He hated the sidways traffic lights a few cities in the area used, and he also couldn't tell the difference between my deep blue plates and my royal purple dress.

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